Lamp-guard.



w. fr. RUSSELL, LAMP GABD. APPLICATION FILED JAR-16, 1906.'

914,190, Patterned Mar. 2, 19.09.

Parana* union.

WILLIAM T. RUSSELL, OF WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAMP-GUARD.

Specication o Letters Patent.

Patented March a, 1909.

Application led January 16, 1908. Serial No. 411,075.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Wellesley, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Lamp-Guard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a guard for incandescent lamps.'

The principalobjects of the invention are to provide a metal guard capable of protecting thelamp in a Well known manner with a protecting device for the outer end thereof which Will be capable of opening to permit access to the lamp Without removing the guard. and at the same time will permit the guard to be stood on end in stable equilibrium when the protecting device is closed 5 also to secure this advantage with a simple and inexpensive construction and generally to improve the construction of lamp guards of this character, also to provide for locking the end guard.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings which show preferred forms of the invention and in which,

lligure 1 is a side elevation showing one way in which the invention may be applied to one form of lamp guard.' Fig. 2 is a top plan of the end guard. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing a modification with the end guard removed from the body of the main guard, and. Fig. 4 is a view of a modification.

The invention is preferably applied to -a main lamp guard l0 made chiefly of wire and having a clamping ring 11 for the neck of tho lamp. ln Fig. 1 this is shown as applied to a form of guard in which two or more springs 12 are located around the inside of the guard to engage thev lamp and hold the guard in position thereon. In this form, the two springs 12 are shown as connected. at their ends with two or more of the longitudinal wires 15? of which the guard is formed. rlhis is a very simple way of mounting the springs. rI'he guard is provided with the usual central rings 14 and end ring 15, the latter of which is open and is covered by a flatforaminousendguard16. 'l'.his end guard is shown as 'constructed ofua ring 17 of wirev ol substantially thcsame 'size 'asthe end ring 15, and covered on one side by a forannnous slu et or wire fabric 1S secured to the ring 17.

ln the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this end l guard is provided with a pair of cross Wires 19 which are separated from each other at one sideof the end guardA and are turned up over the wire 17 and bent to form hinges the end guard is adapted to turn. These Wires converge toward each other and meet at the other side of the ring 17 Where they are turned up to form a catch or hook 21. This catch-is adapted to engage the opposite side of the end ring 15 and hold the parts in position. The wires 19 may be separate or integral with each other, the latter construction being shown, the catch 21 land hinges 20 both being integral with the Wire 19.

, In the form shown in Fi 3 the forarni- 1 nous guard is mounted in t e same Way on the end ring 17 and is provided with a cross Wire 22 having projections 23 extending upf Wardly therefrom to guide the guard into position on the end ring 15. The end rguard also 1s provlded with a4 wire 24 extending across in the other direction and termmatmg integral With the Wire, each being adapted to spring over the ring 15 on opposite sides to securely. and removably ho d the end guard in position. In both cases it Will be such a nature as to protect the end of the lamp and in fact to protect it more completely than it is protected by the side Walls of the main part of the guard. Wires 22, of the guard and are fLxed to the crossing Wires thereof in any desired Way as for example, by soldering or by tie-wires 26 so as to serve to strengthen the fabric of the guard and to hold the parts securely in position. l.These Wires also are integral preferably With the catches, hooks, hinges and the like by which the end guard is connected With the rin(r 15. Moreover, the application of a flat cnil guard, as specified, to any desired forni ple and inexpensive manner and the construction is such that the lamp guard can be set up on end and Will not have any tendency to tip over and that the end guard can be displaced so that .the lamp can be re moved if desired.

In order to lock or seal the guard it is provided with a small pad lock 30 or the like or With a seal 31, as shown in Fig. 4. This may 20 connected with the end ring 15 on which in a pair of hooks or catches 25 preferably of lamp guard is accomplished in a very sim-4 seen that the foraminous end guard is of Also that the 24 and 1l) extend across the body of guard.

While a certain type of lamp guard, I am aware that many modifications may be made in the invention by any person skilled in the art and that it maybe ap lied to many other l types of lamp guard wit out departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the particular' form of end guard or its application to the particular type of main guard shown, but

What I do claim is 1. The combination of an open -ended lamp guard having a circular ring at the end thereof, With an end guard consisting of a circular wire ring of substantially the Same size as the end ring, a forarninous wire fabric secured to said ring, and a cross Wire secured to said fabric and having means ex- I have illustrated and described certain forms of the invention as applied to .j

tending therefrom for securing it to the end ring.

2. An end guard for a lamp guard, consisting of a circular ring, a fabric of cross wires having their ends secured to said ring;

and a wire extending across said fabric and having means integral therewith at one end for connecting it with the lamp guard, and a catch integral therewith at the other end for removably attaching it to the lamp guard.

3. The combination of a lamp guard having a clamping ring, longitudinal wires and a circular end ring7 said guard being open at` the end, with a circular foramincus end guard removably mounted on said end ring, and means for securing the end guard to the lamp guard to prevent the unauthorized removal thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand`,\in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

y WILLIAM T. RUSSELL. Witnesses ALBERT E. FAY, J. ELMER HALL. 

